…time, sekito is the 8th patriarch, Eno is the 6th patriarch and the 7th patriarch is Seigen and Seigen's Disciple is sekito. Sekito is the author of this poem. At sekito's time hokushu, or Northern Zen, was still powerful. But there was another disciple.…

…often. I have some disciples here, but if I die, those who couldn't be my disciples will be disciples of some of my disciples. Sekito was one of them. Like that here you know to study Buddhism is not like to study something you know it takes time…

…wasting your time or if you are trying to sacrifice your present practice for future attainment, that is not real practice. Sekito actually was the direct disciple of the sixth patriarch. He knew the sixth patriarch's way practice very well. So when…